CARLSBAD--- Sis Announces Appointment of B. Lynne Parshall as Chief Operating Officer
Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISIS) today announced that its Board of Directors has promoted B. Lynne Parshall, J.D. to Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. Ms. Parshall retains her position as Chief Financial Officer, and is a Director of the Company.
"This promotion is well-deserved, and appropriately reflects the scope of Lynne's responsibilities at Isis," commented Stanley Crooke, M.D., Ph.D., Isis' President and CEO. "Lynne has been an integral part of Isis' management team for many years, and has been performing COO functions now for quite some time. This promotion recognizes her outstanding contributions and the nature of her current role with the Company."
Ms. Parshall joined Isis in November 1991, and she has served as Director since 2000, Executive Vice President since 1995, Chief Financial Officer since 1994 and Secretary since 1991. Ms. Parshall is currently responsible for overseeing the operations of finance, legal, patents, manufacturing and business development and is also very involved in the Company's corporate communications activities. Previously, Ms. Parshall was a Partner with the firm of Cooley Godward LLP, now Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, where she represented several health care companies in a general practice specializing in corporate partnering and other technology-based transactions. Ms. Parshall received her J.D. at Stanford Law School, Stanford, California and her B.A. from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ms. Parshall is on the board of CardioDynamics International Corporation and is a Trustee of The Bishop School in La Jolla. Ms. Parshall is also a member of the Licensing Executives Society and a member of the American, California, and San Diego bar associations.
About Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Isis is exploiting its expertise in RNA to discover and develop novel drugs for its product pipeline and for its partners. The Company has successfully commercialized the world's first antisense drug and has 18 drugs in development. Isis' drug development programs are focused on treating cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Isis' partners are developing antisense drugs invented by Isis to treat a wide variety of diseases. Ibis Biosciences, Inc., Isis' wholly owned subsidiary, is developing and commercializing the Ibis T5000(TM) Biosensor System, a revolutionary system to identify infectious organisms. Isis is a joint owner of Regulus Therapeutics LLC, a joint venture focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of microRNA therapeutics. As an innovator in RNA-based drug discovery and development, Isis is the owner or exclusive licensee of over 1,500 issued patents worldwide. Additional information about Isis is available at http://www.isispharm.com/.